immigration
Welcome to Minnesota: A Conversation about Immigration and Human Rights
Join The Advocates for Human Rights and Twin Cities Daily Planet for an evening of great food and discussion about what it means to build welcoming communities for everyone in Minnesota.
Tony and Janina's American Wedding
In the current context of the 2012 presidential campaign — as candidates’ positions on immigration policies continue driving headlines — Tony and Janina’s American Wedding offers a sobering look at one family’s experience navigating the American immigration system.
FREE SPEECH ZONE | New census shows Minnesota is more diverse, but our schools don’t prepare students for this reality
Last week, the new census numbers were released and confirmed what most of us already knew: Minnesota's population became more diverse between 2000 and 2010. Minorities now make up about one in every seven residents, up from about one in ten a decade ago. Nowhere is this diversity more evident than in the public schools, over a quarter of which now serve a majority of minority students.MORE »
Dana Mortenson
Film Premiere of New Faces of MN-Meet Us, Photo Exhibit and Panel Discussion
Jewish Community Action and VOICE will co-sponsor the screening of a new film about the experiences of new immigrants from Russia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
10-10-10 March and Rally for Children and Youth
Because ALL children are ‘above average’ and need the opportunity to thrive! Join radio personality Garrison Keillor, the Young Advocate Leaders of Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota, dozens of Minnesota organizations, youth leaders, and thousands of children and adults at the State Capitol on October 10, 2010 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Response to English only Law in Lino Lakes
I am saddened to hear of cities such as Lino Lakes enacting "English only" laws and I sincerely hope that other cities in Minnesota will not follow.MORE »
Rethinking Laotians and Immigration Reform
We’re hearing more about immigration reform again, always a heated topic, but one voice with big stakes in this is often excluded from the discussions: Laotian refugees.
Many of us arrived in the US as refugees from the war in our homeland 35 years ago.MORE »
Driver's license bill for undocumented workers
About 30 activists gathered at the Waite House Community Center in Minneapolis on February 25 to strategize ways to move forward with a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. Mujeros En Liderazgo (Women in Leadership), an organization dedicated to social and immigration issues, organized the meeting.MORE »
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